Constant-Pressure Lathe Test for Measuring the Machinability of Free-Cutting Steels

Autor: F. W. Boulger, H. L. Shaw, H. E. Johnson
Rok vydání: 1949
Zdroj: Journal of Fluids Engineering. 71:431-438
ISSN: 0097-6822
DOI: 10.1115/1.4017097
Popis: This paper describes a machinability testing method developed during a co-operative research program at Battelle Memorial Institute sponsored by The Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation. The test evaluates materials on the basis of the feed resulting from a fixed horizontal tool pressure. Its advantage is that it requires only a short testing time. A description of the lathe and auxiliary equipment is given, and typical testing results are presented. The data indicate that the method has a high order of sensitivity and adequate reproducibility of test ratings. Constant-tool-pressure machinability-test ratings were in close agreement with tool-life test values when the evidence indicated reliable sampling, and in adequate agreement with large-scale commercial machining operations. The test seems to offer a means of rating the cutting quality of free-cutting steels rapidly and reliably with the use of small samples.
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